Krita

Build instructions

Linux

• Build Krita and Qt5/Frameworks on Linux
• Build Krita on Debian/Ubuntu

Windows

• Build Krita on Windows

OSX

• Build Krita on OSX

Info for new developers

• Intro to Hacking on Krita
• Interesting tasks to get started on
• How to write brush engines
• C++11 usage guidelines for the Krita codebase

Planning

These are goals for Krita we are working toward.

• Krita Animation Project
• Krita Summer of Code
• Krita Wishlist
• Project ideas for student thesis
• Dmitry's sponsored work TODO list
• Krita Lime repository Roadmap
• Icons Refactoring Roadmap
• Ideas and use-cases for Krita scripting support

• Krita 3.0 and 3.1 release notes preparation.

Design documents and discussions

These are technical notes on the insides of Krita.

User Interface

• Quick-sketch Preference Palette
• Community Mockups and Wishlist
• Usability discussion notes

Behind-the-scenes internals

• Redisplay
• High dynamic range imaging
• KisPainter and KisPaintEngine design
• Metadata framework
• Brushes
• Brush Color Transformation
• Brush Engines (aka paintops)
• Filter API Discussion Notes
• KisCanvas2 Update Split Reasoning
• Transactions Design
• Tile Data Format
• KisSelection Issues
• Krita Shape Layers Design
• Grayscale Selections Discussion Notes
• Strokes Framework
• Undo adapter vs. Undo store
• Color management
• Concept Naming Guidelines
• Website Maintenance/Updates

• Undocumented Krita Shortcuts
• Shortcuts from other painting applications
• NonTool Actions Implementation
• Recording System

Troubleshooting

• Known problems with Krita in distributions
• Hardware support

Unsorted

If you have time, please take a look at these and move them elsewhere if they are obsolete.

• Pentalis' Tasklist (Asynchronous Roadmap)
• Inspiration
• Optimization tips and tools for Krita
• Krita and printing to PDF/X-1a or PDF/X3
• Krita/SelectionsMasks
• Writing tutorials for Krita
• Ideas around the filter dialog and interaction
• Generator Layers
• Use Cases
• Artists Requirements
• Krita Benchmarks
• Bugsbane's GSoC 2011 Brainstorm
• Importing of Photoshop Brushes
• Version control

Sponsored Work

This is an index of work sponsored by the Krita community and the Krita Foundation. Note that the Krita Foundation (Stichting Krita) has been instrumental in fundraiser efforts around Krita. The first program, executed during the 2009-2010 timeframe, allowed Lukáš Tvrdý to work full-time on Krita for 24 weeks. This made a massive difference for Krita, solving hundreds of bugs and improving performance and usability of the canvas and many brushes to the level where Krita first became ready for (semi) professional use. Find more details here.

Subsequent fundraisers supported Dmitry Kazakov who brought openGL support to a new level and introduced advanced canvas operations like panning, mirroring and rotation and independent artist Timothee Giet who developed the "Comics with Krita" training DVD as well as a host of other video tutorials on Youtube.

• Lukas Tvrdy
• Timothee Giet
• Dmitry Kazakov
• Ramon Miranda

Meetings

• Krita/Sprint2014
• Krita/Sprint2011
• Meetings/February 2010 Krita meeting
• Meetings/Mid_2009_meeting/Krita_Notes
• Krita/Akademy_2007_Meeting

Hardware

The Krita team has two Wacom intuos tablets, two stylusses and two art pens. They are currently with:

• Lukas Tvrdy: one tablet
• Sven Langkamp: one tablet
• Cyrille Berger: stylus art pen

Wiki Archive

Contributors should be free to post whatever they like here. Documents show their age after a few years. Please keep the main page clean by copying old links into this archive section.

• Archive